Hong Kong is a special administrative region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China (PRC). It is situated on China's south coast. With a land mass of 1,104 km2 (426 sq mi) and a population of seven million people, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated areas in the world.
Hong Kong became a colony of the British Empire after the First Opium War (1839–42). Originally confined to Hong Kong Island, the colony's boundaries were extended in stages to the Kowloon Peninsula in 1860 and then the New Territories in 1898 and control until 1997, when China resumed sovereignty. The region espoused minimum government intervention under the ethos of positive non-interventionism during the colonial era.The time period greatly influenced the current culture of Hong Kong, often described as "East meets West",

As one of the world's leading international financial centres, Hong Kong has a major capitalist service economy characterised by low taxation and free trade, and the currency, Hong Kong dollar, is the eighth most traded currency in the world. The lack of space caused demand for denser constructions, which developed the city to a centre for modern architecture and the world's most vertical city. Hong Kong has one of the highest per capita incomes in the world. The dense space also led to a highly developed transportation network with public transport travelling rate exceeding 90 percent, the highest in the world. Hong Kong has numerous high international rankings in various aspects. For instance, its economic freedom, financial and economic competitiveness, quality of life, corruption perception, Human Development Index, etc., are all ranked highly.According to both UN and WHO estimates, Hong Kong has the longest life expectancy of any country in the world from 2012.



香港，是中華人民共和國的一個特別行政區，位於南中國海沿岸，由香港島、九龍和新界所組成，共有263個島嶼。

香港開埠前本來是一條只有數千人口的漁村，英國因為看準香港地理上的天然良港，於1842年分階段割讓或租借香港土地予大英帝國。香港基於殖民地的身份及地理環境下，大量大陸難民湧入香港，人口急速增長，帶來人才、資金和技術，香港經濟於戰後迅速發展，遂由漁村逐步發展成為在亞太地區具有重要地位。
1984年，中華人民共和國與英國簽訂了《中英聯合聲明》。1997年7月1日，香港主權移交至中華人民共和國。中華人民共和國在香港實行一國兩制，在《香港基本法》中訂明香港不實行社會主義，保持原有的資本主義和生活方式，稱之為「港人治港，高度自治」。
香港是重要的國際金融、服務業及航運樞紐，並且以廉潔社會、優良治安、經濟自由及法律制度完備而聞名於世。香港在全球金融中心指數排名中一直名列前茅，連續第18年獲得全球最自由經濟體系的評級，經濟自由度指數排名第一。香港同時為全球其中一處最安全、富裕、繁榮、生活水平高及人均壽命最長的國際大都會，有「東方之珠」、「美食天堂」及「購物天堂」等美譽，亦因擁有壯麗而近在咫尺的郊野公園，於2012年被英國經濟學人選為 全球最宜居城市。